An Opaque Cinnabar Red Overlay Transparent Glass Bottle
An Opaque Cinnabar Red Overlay Transparent Glass Bottle

1800-1900

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An Opaque Cinnabar Red Overlay Transparent Glass Bottle
1800-1900
Of flattened ovoid shape, carved through the cinnabar red overlay with archaistic bronze vessels of different shapes, elongated vessels on stands forming handles to the narrow sides, stopper
2.5/8in. (6.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For an example in mustard and yellow glass, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, Hong Kong, 1989, Catalogue, p. 118, no. 98, formerly in the Marion Mayer Collection, no. 446

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